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4th September 2013, 09:29 AM #1
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Not a Pen but a use for the offcuts
I have turned a number of pens recently and was left with a pile of offcuts from the blanks, usually around an inch long. Was trying to think of something to do with them, then it came to me.
If a drill a 7mm hole in them, make them round and curve the ends, you have a bead. About them young Mrs 10 Year old wandered into the shed asking can I help.
so taking the following ingreedients
1 !0 year old Girl
1 container of off cuts
1 skew chisel
1 afternoon
1 pile of safety gear
The result was
1 happy girl
1 proud daddy
and this
C3quI2H.jpgI may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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4th September 2013, 09:56 AM #2
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that looks very cool, I can imagine smiles all round
'all round' I kill me
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4th September 2013, 12:42 PM #3
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Gra, that is insanely brilliant, I love it. I have two little girls who would love to do that. Thanks for the idea
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4th September 2013, 07:41 PM #4
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Good work on those - bit of imagination going well.
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6th September 2013, 10:26 AM #5
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Great idea. Did you turn them on a pen mandrel after drilling the hole, or is the hole too small for that?
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6th September 2013, 10:02 PM #6
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great idea
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6th September 2013, 11:04 PM #7
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I used a 7mm drill, so it went straight onto the pen mandrel
Originally Posted by bassmansimon
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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6th September 2013, 11:31 PM #8
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And y'know the silly thing? I could probably earn more by selling those bracelets at a Market Stall than I could selling pens?
(Probably 'cos I get on better with 10yo kids than I do with their parents.
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